29th April 2021
Ten years ago, on 29 April 2011, Prince William married Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey. The newly created Duke of Cambridge married his university sweetheart in front of almost 2,000 people in their fairytale wedding. While everyone was enamoured with the bride’s Alexander McQueen wedding gown, as well as her sister’s McQueen gown, their families also dressed for the occasion. Carole Middeton’s sky blue Catherine Walker dress perfectly suited the day.
Carole Middleton wore a light blue Catherine Walker dress, the “Sydney”. It is a knee-length silk dress, with pleated sleeves and pockets. She paired the dress with a light blue crepe coat-dress that featured gold braid at both the waist and the wrists, and satin piping, also from Catherine Walker. Embed from Getty Images
Obituary: Pattern cutter Edmund Freeman
Renowned pattern cutter Edmund Freeman has died at the age of 82.
Freeman first stepped foot in the industry in 1955, at the age of 15, when he joined his father’s women’s tailoring business as an apprentice.
He later went on to work for his uncle s childrenswear manufacturing company. As part of this, Freeman set up and ran a new children s clothing manufacturing factory in Deal, Kent.
After three years at the factory, he decided he would be better suited to pattern and design cutting. During the 1960s and early 1970s, Freeman honed his skills in various grader and cutting roles at clothing brands Alexon, Leslie Gordon and Reginald Bernstein.
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The royal family spares no expense on wedding dresses for their brides-to-be, but we hadn t quite fathomed exactly how much. According to
Brides, the average couple designates approximately 10% of their wedding budget to the
bridal gown, but the royals are a very big exception. Here are the most expensive
royal wedding dresses in order of price, from Kate Middleton to Meghan Markle.